# Ads that make you go "Damn that's a good ad." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828 "2013-04-16T12:29:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/1 "2013-04-16T12:29:04Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MRnrR_JdU) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/2 "2013-04-16T12:34:26Z")
To me, a good ad is one that makes tou pause the TV and go back to watch it, or take the tube off mute. The ones that do that consistently for me are the ads for [Jack In the Box](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5iWXv-rtVQ). ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/3 "2013-04-16T13:32:27Z")
[I just shipped my pants.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I03UmJbK0lA) And an oldie: [Little Sister.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4P9DA_iNdw) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/4 "2013-04-16T13:37:32Z")
[Too Much Transparency](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAjIVgWauHI) has me laughing my butt off these days. This [PSA for condoms](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWkZ_StRjU0) is outstanding. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/5 "2013-04-16T14:29:19Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e8SyfxJVyF0/hqdefault.jpg "Heineken | Pathfinder") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8SyfxJVyF0) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhgCDLmMuqI) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LTozaJesY9o/maxresdefault.jpg "Centraal Beheer Achmea - Even Apeldoorn bellen - 'Picknick' (Daddy Cool)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTozaJesY9o) ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/6 "2013-04-16T14:44:47Z")
[Rest easy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKH1PymutJQ) [We are sinking](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR0lWICH3rY) [Fun for the whole family](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peSHBY2Ynrk) ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/7 "2013-04-16T14:57:32Z")
[It’s the “_Stampede!_” at the end that makes this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v_IYA99iL0) ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/8 "2013-04-16T15:02:17Z")
A glasses place had some ads where people needed new glasses, like a woman bringing what she thought was her cat inside to snuggle with, but was really a skunk(or raccoon?). I remember finding them actually funny and great. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/9 "2013-04-16T15:43:56Z")
Old Spice is starting a new series of bizarre commercials, and [this one is pretty great.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS1dM6kmCx4) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/10 "2013-04-16T15:59:19Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MRnrR\_JdU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MRnrR_JdU) It’s a fine ad, until six days later when you still have The Mamas and The Papas running on an endless loop through your head…after that, it tends to wear a bit… ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/11 "2013-04-16T16:57:45Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MRnrR\_JdU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MRnrR_JdU) It got my attention right away. But after seeing it about 6 million times in the last few weeks. I hate, hate, hate it. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/12 "2013-04-16T18:03:55Z")
Here is a recent one one that was eye catching [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnocW1mqOMI) Prolly better viewed in Hi def full screen How do you promote CPR? - like this [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILxjxfB4zNk) Stereotyping is the advertisers stock in trade [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TnzFRV1LwIo/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-AoACoAKKAgwIABABGF0gXShdMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCvSA4vfPGqbgY4XKIk9tyd0OwNng "Cadbury's Gorilla Advert Aug 31st 2007") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnzFRV1LwIo) Honda [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_ve4M4UsJQo/hqdefault.jpg "Honda - The Cog") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ve4M4UsJQo) Virgin airlines [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS_6HHQ7jOA) Grand national [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PW-aRqeZMQ8/hqdefault.jpg "The John Smith's Grand National | 6th April, 2013") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW-aRqeZMQ8) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/13 "2013-04-16T18:20:29Z")
The only commercial for which my daughter and I actually turn _up_ the volume on our TV. We even sing along and sometimes do a gypsy dance to it: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BAOg-T-e210/hqdefault.jpg "Delta Faucet Pilar Touch TV Commercial Buy Now") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAOg-T-e210) Love that Count! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/14 "2013-04-16T18:32:21Z")
[This one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P55GlV1GY1Q) made me laugh my ass off the first time I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/15 "2013-04-16T20:37:00Z")
Not that I’m a fan of the organization, but I think this ad gets the idea across very well: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bikSb9kj2PE/hqdefault.jpg "Salvation Army Bell Ringer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bikSb9kj2PE) Here’s one I posted in another thread a while back. The twist at the end still gets to me: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/f_1c2MJ7bY0/hqdefault.jpg "You Can Be Commercial Summer 2011.mov") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_1c2MJ7bY0) Here’s one I like because it’s so direct. No marketing BS - it just tells you what the product does: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTZSi-AqS_Q) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/16 "2013-04-16T22:36:37Z")
The original KIA hamster ad was cool. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/17 "2013-04-16T23:01:10Z")
[“You Don’t Always Die from Tobacco”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1boBz7l2qTA) ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/18 "2013-04-16T23:10:17Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Here’s one I posted in another thread a while back. The twist at the end still gets to me: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f\_1c2MJ7bY0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_1c2MJ7bY0) Oh my goodness! That one made my eyes tear up! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/19 "2013-04-16T23:20:19Z")
Embrace Life. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828/20 "2013-04-16T23:29:03Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > [I just shipped my pants.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I03UmJbK0lA) This is the one I came to post. I couldn’t stop laughing for 10 minutes after it was over. Then I had to watch it again, and the cycle began anew. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-that-make-you-go-damn-thats-a-good-ad/655828.md?page=2)